Courtesy of our friends at Citizens against hate:

Stormfront or Stromfront?

Not Just Morally Bankrupt
by Nicole Nichols

From Riches to Rags? Stormfront, the oldest internet white power site is in financial straits. Was that by design, or just chance? Was there more than the National Alliance in the sights of the Duke camp?

September 19, 2005, Today might be a red letter day as the white power internet giant, Don Black told supporters that he didn’t think going into further debt to keep the Stormfront “Soap Opera” alive was worth it.

Black, who has been complaining a lot lately about the dwindling contributions to his racist enterprise, was more adamant than usual as he posted his concerns. Obviously unhappy about the lack of funds and lack of interest in anything of substance, the racist pal of David Duke said that there was so little enthusiasm over the Scholarship Fund that they had started last year that he told the “primary benefactors to keep their money.”

Don Black’s association with David Duke and Jamie Kelso may very well signal his undoing. After signing the New Orleans Protocol last year, Stormfront supporters were met with heavy handed moderation on the boards as Black and friends attempted to present a more mainstream public face. In many ways, this backfired on Black. Several staunch supporters left the rank and file for places where they felt more comfortable.

Those who remain largely support the David Duke entourage and one must wonder if this was all by design. David Duke and Jamie Kelso supported a coup, earlier this year, to bring the one time premier hate group, the National Alliance, to its knees. That coup, led by Kevin Alfred Strom, has had some successful results.

Given the rapid decline in membership of the National Alliance, and the inability of Stormfront to generate the kind of funds necessary to keep it afloat, the question that arises is one regarding the influence regarding the David Duke camp. Whether or not Stormfront – or as some are now calling it, Stromfront – will survive, seems not so important as is why it is in trouble.

Of course, it is important to note that every so often Stormfront engages in fund-raising, however, the dire condition has not ever been so stressed as the current financial status is being articulated – and certainly never with the disgust expressed by its revered leader. That is probably due to the fact that several of the previous companies used by Black for credit card payments of contributions have pulled out because of their racism and anti-Semitic stance. Black addressed the issue in his private Sustaining Members forum telling them of the cancellations and stating, “Sadly, neither Google nor their several dozen competitors are likely to accept us as customers.”

And holding firm on his stance against other groups, Black claimed that most of the “Movement” companies don’t have much money and even those who do he wouldn’t want to be associated with. It will be interesting to see if Stormfront will succumb to the Stromfront that has waged what might be considered an underhanded attack on the racist internet giant.